She was told when she was a little girl that her father was a railway worker. She knew he was born in Italy (she was under the impression that he was Calabrian due to her mother being Calabrian) and he married her mother Maria. Mary was born in Chicago, IL in 1910. She was told that he was brutally killed one day by a railway accident.

I was only told that her real maiden name was BLUTH. I always found this very strange because I have never seen an Italian with that spelling! I believe Bluth is Polish. The idea of my grandmother being half Italian seemed off because of her features and the fact that her mother only spoke Italian!

After much and much research and a spout of good luck, I came to ANTONIO BLOISE and MARIA G BLOISE in Chicago, IL 1910. This Antonio was a railway worker- not to mention that when my 3rd great grandmother married her 3rd husband, she used the name Maria G. Bloise! The arrival year for Maria is also correct. I really have no question that is him.

But, I can't find any information on Domenia or Giuseppe... I can't even find anything on Antonio beyond the 1910 census. I'd like ANY information on him.

My 2nd great grandmother never had a birth record either. She was told her date of birth was December 16th 1910. It could also possibly be December 6th. I would like to order a birth record or find some definite confirmation of her birth....

Is there any help anyone could lend to me? My grandmother always wondered who her father really was as did I.

I also found the birth record of my grandmother. Also amazing... I wish she were alive to see this. I certainly know she didn't know that her birthday is really the 17th! O mio Dio! How amazing this feels...

After this wonderful find, I found her baptism record listing. I really did. It was an amazing feeling... I have tears in my eyes!

I was wondering if some of my kind friends could explain why (Guisppina Marinda) is written under that surname? And if anyone could understand what was written next to MARIA as well as the names of the godparents. I can't make them out...

Possibly Antonio's mother Domenica Ierardi after the death of her husband Giuseppe Bloise married Giuseppe's brother Antonio Bloise (I noticed that on the 1899 arrival manifest Antonio, Domenica's son, stated he was going to his mother Domenica and uncle Antonio Bloise living on W Taylor street)... Now I found another arrival for "your" Antonio Bloise , stating he was going to meet his step-father Antonio Bloisi living on 169 West Taylor Street...

pink67 wrote:Possibly Antonio's mother Domenica Ierardi after the death of her husband Giuseppe Bloise married Giuseppe's brother Antonio Bloise (I noticed that on the 1899 arrival manifest Antonio, Domenica's son, stated he was going to his mother Domenica and uncle Antonio Bloise living on W Taylor street)... Now I found another arrival for "your" Antonio Bloise , stating he was going to meet his step-father Antonio Bloisi living on 169 West Taylor Street...

Being him married it means that his wife Sabata Cardinale was living in San Sosti...

Laura

I truly thank you beyond words!

I not been so pleased and thrilled with my genealogy finds so far as this! My grandmother had a cruel step-father and lived in immense poverty so she always wondered who her father was and how different her life would be. I can't wait to track him further.... I hope that I can find some Bloise relatives that may have a photo of him. It seems like a pipe dream but you never know!

I Think it was him... possibly he left San Sosti for first and then he returned most likely (and as usual) to bring his wife with him ... don't know why she was not with him in 1905, maybe she was ill or she didn't want to leave?

and from Ancestry.com the 1910 census for Antonio and Domenica Bloise address was 618 Taylor street please note also that Domenica stated she had 4 children, among whom only 2 living and that they were married since 15 year (this confirms my thought about her second marriage to her brother in law) :

pink67 wrote:and from Ancestry.com the 1910 census for Antonio and Domenica Bloise address was 618 Taylor street please note also that Domenica stated she had 4 children, among whom only 2 living and that they were married since 15 year (this confirms my thought about her second marriage to her brother in law) :